Comparison

Bookily vs Volumes

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Bookily

Features
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Use Bookily to search and organize your favourite, bookmarked and read books effortlessly and directly. Modify your lists easily with only one click while reviewing the cover and details of your listed books. Access to your data, ever available on your mobile or desktop app, both instant synchronized for all application users. Look for any book you want, free for all users and forever!

About

Volumes

This app helps you track, rate, and reflect on the books you read, building a personal library. It offers personalized reading recommendations based on your history and can import existing reading lists. Discover new titles with a comprehensive book catalog and keep your reading life backed up.

Highlights
  • Track books read
  • Rate and reflect on books
  • Personalized reading recommendations
  • Import existing reading lists
  • Comprehensive book catalog
  • iCloud backup
Features
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Volumes is a reading companion for thoughtful readers. Track the books you read, rate them, and reflect on what stayed with you. Over time you'll build a personal library that becomes richer with every entry. Next Read โ€” Recommendations that tell you why โ€” Volumes draws on the books you've loved, rated, and written about to suggest what to read next. Every recommendation includes a short note explaining the connection, helping you discover books that genuinely fit your taste. Bring your reading list with you โ€” Already keep a list in Notes, a spreadsheet, or somewhere else? Paste it in and Volumes will magically import it, matching each title with cover art and preserving your ratings and notes. Your library starts full, not empty. Your reading history, all in one place โ€” Keep track of the books you've read, revisit old favourites, and remember what you thought years later. Notes and reflections are surfaced throughout your library, turning your reading history into something personal and lasting. A complete book catalog, built in โ€” Search across more than 40 million books, with beautiful cover art and rich metadata. Quickly add books to your library without manually entering titles or authors. Yours forever โ€” Your library is backed up to iCloud and stays private. A lifelong record of your reading life that grows more meaningful over time.

Screenshots

Bookily4 screens
Volumes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Bookily at 13.0 against Volumes's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 6 level
Bookily versus Volumes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookilyVolumes
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetizationโ€”Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size10 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBarcelona Code SchoolJacob Ruiz

In-app purchases

None

Bookily

No in-app purchases

None

Volumes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bookily free?
Bookily is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Volumes free?
Volumes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bookily or Volumes have ads?
Neither Bookily nor Volumes shows ads.

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